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Tuesday, September 08, 2020
US President Trump wants to bring a corona vaccine to market as soon as possible, preferably before the November election. He accuses Democrats of raising concerns about speedy approval. Even the experts consider that the foreseen term is unsustainable.
US President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of speaking out against an impending corona vaccination for political reasons. The vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, displays “careless anti-vaccination rhetoric,” Trump criticized at a press conference in front of the White House. Democrats wanted to portray vaccination as a negative because of the November 3 election, he said. They don’t like the fact that the vaccine is being developed in “record time.” It might even be available before the election, Trump said.
Harris had warned in an interview broadcast Sunday with CNN of government interference in the search for a corona vaccine. Under Trump, independent scientific experts would be “silenced,” the senator said. Trump’s promise regarding the vaccine cannot be trusted because he is desperate for success two months before the election, he warned. “I would not trust their statements. I would trust the statements of health experts and scientists, but not Donald Trump,” Harris said in the interview.
Fauci expects the vaccine next year
Currently, there are several experimental vaccines in large clinical trials around the world. The objective is to verify the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. Renowned American experts had recently stated that by the end of the year it might be clear whether one of the tested vaccines was effective enough. Immunologist Anthony Fauci, for example, who also advises the White House, expects a vaccine to be available early next year.
The approval of a vaccine before the elections is considered impossible. The responsible Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could issue a limited emergency approval if the test results are good enough. Democrats and some health experts fear, however, that Trump could pressure the agency to deliver a major blow before the election.
The United States is the country most affected by the corona pandemic in the world. So far around 6.3 million infections have been detected and more than 189,000 infected people have died. Trump is accused of long underestimating the danger posed by the pathogen and repeatedly misleading citizens with statements about supposedly promising treatment methods. In both national and multi-state polls deemed decisive for the election, Trump is behind his challenger Joe Biden.
